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While listening to this excellent podcast " Talking Big Data " which is a conversation between Data Expert Jean-Marc Blaise and Big Data Expert Leon Katsnelson , I learned about another technology preview that I wish to share with you. Leon called the IBM Big SQL Technology “easier than hadoop”. We want to know if you think Leon’s statement is
accurate. To do so, download the software, give it a try, and give us
your feedback. Here are the details. What is Big SQL? IBM
Big SQL is new and exciting technology that extends the... [More]

A
database expert is in a critical position to become a hero in this big
data era. Why? Because you know data.. you know your database. Now you
need to know how to expand your knowledge to find the secrets lying
dormant in your awesome data. To
help you, I'm posting this podcast which is a conversation between
database expert & IBM champion Jean-Marc Blaise and Big Data expert
Leon Katsnelson. Perhaps you have the same question? Listen & find
out! " Talking Big Data" podcast Beyond this podcast, we have many... [More]

I’ve been working on these for the last month and I’m happy to announce that I have the first 7 podcasts finished and ready for you to download and listen to. At this time I focused on the upcoming book and certification events that are taking place at the IBM Information on Demand Conference later this month. I hope to add many more podcasts to the series and plan to interview experts throughout the IM education area. As I say in the introduction, this is the series that introduces you to authors, instructions and other subject matter... [More]

Books can be expensive… I know because I’m an avid reader and having go used to using a library! I tend to look for books on sale but also I have switched primarily to ebooks as the price is normally quite a bit lower than the printed book. Check out the great prices offered by IBM Press for a wide selection of eBooks: There are 58 books in the list! Here are a few that I want to highlight: Data Integration Blueprint and Modeling: Techniques for a Scalable and Sustainable Architecture List Price: $47.99 Your Price: $28.79 (Save 40%) ... [More]

How do you keep up to date with the massive amounts of technology when your life is already filled to the max? Have you tried listening to a podcast? The advantages of podcasts is that they’re short, concise and portable. I think these three qualities are critical to making a podcast useful. Using a portable device for this learning content will allow you to listen in your car, on transit, while walking, or doing chores around the house. Here are a few you might want to check out: IBM Press Podcast series Hear directly from an author... [More]

This year at the IOD Conference in Las Vegas, authors Dan Luksetich and Susan Lawson hosted a live podcast party with guests including Willie Favero and Jay Bruce from IBM. What was discussed at this party? The benefits of certification How to prepare for certification A game show where party participants test
their skills in one on one competition to see who is the most certifiable! A talk with Jay Bruce about Optim Query Tuner and the future of query
optimization with DB2 for z/OS Worth a visit? Podcast Party . Also, check out Susan... [More]

Download these podcasts and listen on your ipod, iphone, computer... whatever... Podcast Series: DB2 9 for z/OS pureXML by Guogen Zhang This is a 10-part introductory podcast series on pureXML business value and technical knowledge. The first part covers overview and business value, and the follow-on 8 parts cover different aspects of pureXML. The last part talks about best practices. Part 1: pureXML in DB2 9 for z/OS makes XML consumable Part 2: Getting started with pureXML Part 3: Querying XML data with XPath in SQL for Beginners Part 4:... [More]